POW turns Firefox into a web server.

#1

Post by Ripst » Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 8:53 AM UTC

POW turns Firefox into a web server.
addons.mozilla.org

Re: POW turns Firefox into a web server.

#2

Post by sjf » Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 9:20 AM UTC

We need more acronyms, I was hoping for an exciting story about how prisoner of war with access only to firefox was able to hack into a webserver and post the details of imprisonment, thus leading to his eventual rescue.

Re: POW turns Firefox into a web server.

#3

Post by rman666 » Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 9:51 AM UTC

I was also hoping it might have something to do with integrating Batman into Firefox. But that would also require the optional BAMM and !!! extensions. See http://media.photobucket.com/image/batman%20cartoon%20pow%20... for an example "in action."

Re: POW turns Firefox into a web server.

#4

Post by hs » Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 10:40 AM UTC

sjf wrote: post #2

We need more acronyms, I was hoping for an exciting story about how prisoner of war with access only to firefox was able to hack into a webserver and post the details of imprisonment, thus leading to his eventual rescue.

c'mon, it's better than "MBA turns Firefox into a web server."

Re: POW turns Firefox into a web server.

#5

Post by Raphael » Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 10:41 AM UTC

This is from 2007.

So I've got Hello World running at http://localhost:6670/test.sjs , but I'm not sure if this is exposed to the outside web.

Re: POW turns Firefox into a web server.

#6

Post by andrewl-hn » Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 10:55 AM UTC

I assume this was posted in connection with the news about Unite. I remember when Google introduced Gears someone on reddit or HN pointed to this extension. I was curious about it and tried it in my computer at work.

First of all, this thing works and it gets the job done. But it feels too hard to actually use it everyday for a non-geeky person. The point of Opera offering is not only the platform itself but also the list of Unite services they already provide (photo-sharing and fridge cover most of my needs).

I'm pretty sure one could use POW to ultimately bring Unite to Firefox.

Re: POW turns Firefox into a web server.

#7

Post by benn » Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 11:09 AM UTC

sjf wrote: post #2

We need more acronyms, I was hoping for an exciting story about how prisoner of war with access only to firefox was able to hack into a webserver and post the details of imprisonment, thus leading to his eventual rescue.

are you fucking retarded or being ironic?

Re: POW turns Firefox into a web server.

#8

Post by takameyer » Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 11:57 AM UTC

sjf wrote: post #2

We need more acronyms, I was hoping for an exciting story about how prisoner of war with access only to firefox was able to hack into a webserver and post the details of imprisonment, thus leading to his eventual rescue.

I was thinking the exact same thing. Somehow gaining small access to an internet connected computer and slowly being able to create a system to serve out distress messages. I was pretty disappointed when I clicked the link...haha

Re: POW turns Firefox into a web server.

#9

Post by niyazpk » Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 11:59 AM UTC

We are missing the point.

Turning a browser into a web server is not a big leap in technology. That is not a hard problem.

Why I am excited about Opera Unite and not about this firefox extension is that Opera themselves thinks that this will change the face of internet applications. They are excited about it and they will persue this to the end. That is the whole point.

It is not about technology. It is about how you push it and persue it. It is all about your vision.

Re: POW turns Firefox into a web server.

#10

Post by jdbeast00 » Tue, Jun 16, 2009, 12:35 PM UTC

Raphael wrote: post #5

This is from 2007. So I've got Hello World running at http://localhost:6670/test.sjs , but I'm not sure if this is exposed to the outside web.

no, i can see your site! its awesome.